Posted on 09/15/2021 6:11:55 PM PDT by fruser1
The President unveiled plans for the EU to develop its own defence capacities
She said the EU was too reliant on US military support, evidenced by the hasty pull-out of Afghanistan that forced EU countries to abide by Biden's deadline
She declared the EU was held back by a 'shortfall of capacity' and 'lack of political will'
Von der Leyen proposed a waiver on VAT for defence equipment developed and produced in Europe to help the EU gain military independence from the US France will host an EU defence summit next year to solidify the plans
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Can hardly blame them. I wouldn’t trust my national security to the US at this point.
Excellent idea ! US taxpayers are tired of paying for your defense anyway
The EU has wanted to take over the militaries of its members for a long time. This is nothing new.
I’m 100% in favor of letting Europe pay 100% of their own defense.
They’ve had their Muslim loving fingers in our pockets for way too long.
Who didn’t see this coming?
Whatever their various ideologies, the whole world is preparing for the life after America.
The trick will be to get the U.S. to pay for it.
Oh I think it’s well planned....has to be so for the ultimate events to take place. They will bring about their own demise without question in time and tide.
Wonderful. They can handle their own welfare. We are broke.
de Gaulle never trusted a NATO (American) guarantee of France’s defense. de Gaulle wanted an independent deterrent with a French finger on the button. France still has that independent deterrent, the force de frappe. Taiwan, Japan and South Korea might want to follow the French example.
Run by a handful of unelected bureaucrats in Brussels. It’ll be like the Keystone Cops, but with nukes.
Milley and Biden couldn’t be bothered to notify Americans or our allies in Afghanistan that the U.S. military was sneaking out of that country in the middle of the night, but they thought it necessary to tell the Chi-coms that we’d give them a heads-up if we were going to attack them in the waning days of President Trump’s term of office.
And so it begins.
Something about the low countries seems to churn out the worst people.
At least they are taking responsibility for their own military safety.
Yes indeed it does.
Folks we got burned by European armies twice last century.
That wasn’t enough?
If Europe develops an army, it will be more likely to be
used against us as not.
Please quit ignoring history like the Left.
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